Junior Accountant
Spektrum supports organisations across both the public and private sectors with a wide range of specialist professional services. Our experience spans technology and IT, cybersecurity, aerospace and defence, engineering, project and programme management, operations, finance, and other corporate and business support functions. We provide our clients with access to experienced professionals to support key business initiatives, transformation programmes and operational requirements. We are currently looking for talented professionals to support a key private-sector client project.
Who we are supporting
Our client is an international, growth-oriented company with operations across several European markets. The organisation is continuing to strengthen and scale its corporate functions to support its expanding international footprint.
The client operates in a dynamic, international environment characterised by:
- International Operations: A multi-country structure with activities and legal entities across several European jurisdictions.
- Growth and Scale: Continued organisational growth requiring robust, scalable and well-defined business processes.
- Business Transformation: Ongoing development and improvement of systems, processes and ways of working to support future growth.
- International Collaboration: Teams and stakeholders working across countries, cultures and functions.
- Professional Excellence: A strong focus on quality, ownership, reliable delivery and continuous improvement.
Spektrum is supporting the client in identifying high-quality professionals who can contribute to this international environment and help strengthen the organisation as it continues to grow.
Role ID - FF-001-1
Role Duties and Responsibilities
- Process incoming supplier invoices: registration, coding, approval routing and payment preparation
- Prepare and issue outgoing customer invoices; monitor receivables and run payment follow-up
- Perform intercompany reconciliation across the Nordic and Luxembourg entities and clear differences
- Maintain day-to-day bookkeeping: bank reconciliation, employee expense claims and credit card postings
- Maintain supplier and customer master data, including payment and bank details
- Support monthly close: recurring journal entries, accrual schedules and supporting documentation
- Prepare underlying documentation for VAT filings and for audit and advisor requests
- Work to the accounting procedures set by the Accounting Manager and escalate exceptions and disputes
- Support the Oracle NetSuite implementation: testing of accounts payable and receivable workflows, migration of open items and data entry in the new system
Essential Skills, Experience and Certifications
Must-have:
- Degree or vocational qualification in accounting, finance or economics
- One to three years in accounts payable, accounts receivable or general bookkeeping (relevant internships count)
- Solid grasp of double-entry bookkeeping and of the invoice-to-payment and invoice-to-cash cycles
- Accuracy and attention to detail at high transaction volumes
- Comfortable working in Excel
- Professional English, written and spoken
- Based in, or willing to relocate to Barcelona
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with Oracle NetSuite
- Exposure to a multi-entity, multi-currency environment
- Experience with intercompany reconciliation
- Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish or Spanish language skills
- Exposure to VAT handling in more than one jurisdiction
- Studying towards a recognised accounting qualification
Personal attributes:
- Reliable and consistent - meets recurring deadlines without being chased
- Detail-oriented; takes ownership of getting the number and the documentation right
- Willing to learn, and to be trained on new procedures and systems
- Asks when unsure rather than guessing, and flags problems early
- Service-minded towards internal budget holders and external counterparts
Working Location
- Barcelona, Spain
Working Policy
- On-site